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Re: ERROR: "Bad Request - Request Too Long" When Signing In To Microsoft 365 Using Work Profiles
joelkino I did eventually find the root cause and did eventually resolve this. Root Cause: When Windows stores your credentials e.g. Edge Work Profiles, OneDrive, Windows sign-in etc., all these credentials are sent through to the website as a (layman's perspective) 'here are a few existing credentials I've got stored, can you use any of them to sign-in automatically?' suggestion to the website. These credentials (tokens?) all end up exceeding some limit on the size/length of a HTTP header field and you get the error. Fix: My fix was probably a bit overkill because I deleted them all (I think I used Windows Credential Manager to do this, could be wrong). You can tell whether a credential is stored because in the Microsoft 365 login prompt pick-from-existing list it will say 'Connected to Windows', mine now just has three. Do check your OneDrive for Business accounts, I was connecting to 8 different tenants, with credentials stored for each, once I signed out and deleted the credentials, Edge Work profiles immediately started working again. Good luck!144Views0likes0CommentsERROR: "Bad Request - Request Too Long" When Signing In To Microsoft 365 Using Work Profiles
When the following conditions are true: Using the latest version of Microsoft Edge browser. When the browser is signed in to any Microsoft 365 account. When browsing to any Microsoft 365 website. I receive the following browser error: Bad Request - Request Too Long HTTP Error 400. The size of the request headers is too long. When I sign in to any Work Profile, no matter the account/tenant, the moment I browse to any Microsoft 365 page i.e. any website that redirects via: https://login.microsoftonline.com/, I receive the error above e.g. https://office.com, https://admin.microsoft.com, https://portal.azure.com etc. If I sign-out from the Work Profile, everything works fine (i.e. I am presented with the usual Microsoft 365 sign-in dialogue for username and password, then 2FA code, then the expected page appears), if I then sign-in > browse > error ... sign-out, works fine, sign-in, error etc. ... consistently repeatable. Using 'Browse as Guest' or any 'Personal' or 'Work Profile' without signing in works fine. TROUBLESHOOTING ALREADY CARRIED OUT Deleted/recreated all profiles. Signed in / out multiple accounts on multiple tenants. Sync options > all, some, none. 'Automatic sign in on Microsoft Edge' enabled & disabled. 'Allow single sign-on for work or school sites using this profile' enabled & disabled. 'Automatic profile switching' all options on & all off. Deleted all cache/cookies, from all time in all profiles. Reset settings in all profiles. Completely uninstalled/reinstalled Microsoft Edge (i.e. Safe Mode > delete all files > all profile data> all temp files > all registry entries). Q1 What could cause this error, only when the Work Profile is signed-in? Q2 Aside from syncing settings, how would signing-in to the Work Profile effect OATH requests to https://login.microsoftonline.com/,? Q3 Has anybody experienced this or something like this before? Q4 Are there any troubleshooting steps I haven't tried?1.2KViews0likes2CommentsRe: New Teams - Backgrounds Folder
markusbirrer1965 This is 'Classic Teams' (v1.x), the folder you refer to is for 'New Teams' (v2.x). You can already add personal background images and video to Classic Teams i.e. within the application GUI, no need for the 'hack' we've been discussing here.134KViews0likes0CommentsRe: New Teams - Backgrounds Folder
Further to AdminOnCloud9 excellent post, if you want to add your own animated backgrounds (aka video!) then you can't at the moment (Feb 2024) but there is a workaround: Enter a meeting and change your background to each of the available built-in animated backgrounds, this downloads them all and 'registers' them in the app. Browse to the New Teams background folder [%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\MSTeams_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Microsoft\MSTeams\Backgrounds], note that there are .mp4 files for each of the animated backgrounds downloaded above. Copy your own video to the same folder. Rename/delete one of the animated backgrounds and rename your video to it e.g. My-Video.mp4 > feelingDreamy2Animated_v=0.1.mp4 Now whenever you select the associated built-in animated background, your video will play instead. Hope this helps.176KViews3likes1CommentRe: Error when trying to modify or create Exchange Online connectors
I have managed to get Microsoft Support to create my connector for me, but it was misconfigured! Groan. I've since learned that the back-end engineering teams are asking the front-end support agents to send them a fully configured PowerShell command, so in my case, the support agent configured it incorrectly. We worked on that today and came up with a correctly configured command. When contacting Microsoft Support to request that they either create a new or update an existing connector, I recommend that you provide them with the exact PowerShell command. Something like this for a new connector: Tenant ID: <GUID> New-InboundConnector -Name "Your Connector Name" -Comment "Connector to allow incoming mail relay from domain.com and sub.domain.com websites (Originating IP: 99.99.99.99)" -ConnectorType OnPremises -SenderIPAddresses 99.99.99.99 -SenderDomains *.domain.com -CloudServicesMailEnabled $true -Enabled $true Or if a connector already exists: Tenant ID: <GUID> Set-InboundConnector -Identity "Your Connector Name" -Name "Your New Connector Name" -Comment "Connector to allow incoming mail relay from domain.com and sub.domain.com websites (Originating IP: 99.99.99.99)" -ConnectorType OnPremises -SenderIPAddresses 99.99.99.99 -SenderDomains *.domain.com -CloudServicesMailEnabled $true -Enabled $true No, you shouldn't have to do this. Yes, it will speed the creation/update of your connector. Yes, this whole palaver is a cluster-**** Notes: 1. The -Comment parameter will end up being the "Description" in the EAC GUI 2. The -CloudServicesMailEnabled parameter affects the "Retain internal Exchange email headers (recommended)" option. ... the other parameters are described https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/new-inboundconnector?view=exchange-ps. I hope this helps.8KViews2likes3CommentsRe: Error when trying to modify or create Exchange Online connectors
I found https://office365itpros.com/2023/02/22/inbound-connector-restriction/ article which seems to describe what's going on with this issue: https://office365itpros.com/2023/02/22/inbound-connector-restriction/ Undocumented change, no thought to updating learn docs, new operational process for Microsoft Support without telling them, no thought to ISVs ... All seems like a right cluster-***, like some bod in the engineering team just decided to wing it!8.4KViews0likes2CommentsRe: Error when trying to modify or create Exchange Online connectors
21/02/2023 and still facing this issue. Reported to Product Support under SR35182562. Similarly, cannot create 'OnPremise' type connectors either via the UI or PowerShell. Can create 'Partner' types both using the UI and PowerShell (New-InboundConnector -ContectorType Partner) but have found the resulting connector to be non-functional i.e. the MX always replies with the same error: [21-Feb-2023 13:36:55 UTC] SMTP ERROR: DATA END command failed: 550 5.7.64 TenantAttribution; Relay Access Denied [LO2GBR01FT040.eop-gbr01.prod.protection.outlook.com 2023-02-21T13:36:55.529Z 08DB13AAF0562144]5.4KViews0likes0CommentsTeams Network Assessment Tool Is Good But...
The https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=103017 is very good (kudos to the developers) but it is only good for testing locally at a single client machine. We run an entirely distributed workforce (i.e. no office), how would I test every client machine (without obviously manually installing/running on every client!)? Note: this is a pre-Teams rollout test - no CQD analytics. Any ideas? Maybe a Sysinternals remote deploy/execution or is there a webapp that does the same thing that clients could just visit e.g. the https://connectivity.office.com/ webapp downloads an exe for similar purposes?Re: Sync Free/Busy Between Calendars In The Same Tenant
VasilMichev Many thanks for the advice. I'd rather avoid 3rd party plugins if I can and I managed to achieve this via Power Automate. A bit of a faff to setup (you have to consider create, update and delete actions) but it's done now. My personal calendar now syncs free/busy to my business calendar, and all is well with the world again 😉1.3KViews0likes0CommentsSync Free/Busy Between Calendars In The Same Tenant
TL;DR: How to sync free/busy from one calendar (e.g. personal) to another (e.g. business) in the same tenant? I principally use two mailboxes (email & calendar) within my tenant, one for personal use and one for business use. I also use Microsoft Bookings linked to my business calendar. I am finding that people are booking time with me via Microsoft Bookings when I am already busy because the meeting I am busy in is on my personal calendar. How do I send free/busy information from my personal calendar to my business calendar? Microsoft Support have simply said 'this is not possible', but I know that worst case I can use Power Automate to create a 'placeholder' appointment item in one calendar when triggered by an appointment being created in another. But this seems like a right faff! There must be an easier way?1.4KViews0likes3CommentsRe: Show as conversation in shared mailbox
RuiBessa Yes, that is the exact problem. You will know when it's worked when you open Outlook and there are no 'stuck' emails in the Outbox. As I said, it is a faff but you get used to it after a while. Wrt emails not appearing in the Sent Items of the Shared Mailbox, there's a hack for that here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/troubleshoot/user-and-shared-mailboxes/sent-mail-is-not-saved32KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Network connectivity test
Never heard of that URL before i.e. 'myfiles.sharpoint.com' Just some random ideas... Have you got the latest version of the https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=103017? Do you get the same error in the https://connectivity.office.com/? The tool has a config file, has this been modified? Try with default config. Good luck.3.6KViews0likes1CommentRe: Teams Enhancement Request - OBS Native Support
Teams already supports OBS via NewTek NDI. Just google "Teams NDI" or here're a couple of links to start you off: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/broadcasting-audio-and-video-from-teams-with-ndi-and-sdi-technology-e91a0adb-96b9-4dca-a2cd-07181276afa3#:~:text=and%20SDI%20technology-,Microsoft%20Teams,meeting%20to%20your%20local%20network. and https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/obs-ndi-newtek-ndi%E2%84%A2-integration-into-obs-studio.528/. Hope this helps. Note: this allows you to bring in any Teams stream into OBS.638Views0likes0CommentsRe: How to Manage External Access for Microsoft Teams Consumer Users
Chatting to other users from a paid for service should be expansive (consumer Teams, Skype, Slack, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger ... bring it on), but not the other way around. That would be a recipe for explosive growth in phishing attacks. I don't believe hackers and other ne'er-do-wells will generally pay for a service to conduct their activities when free options exist e.g. spam email.1.5KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Eat My Cake? SharePoint Search Folders
Thanks for the advice, based on bitter experience, I'm guessing! This solution is just for me and my own sales process so if I implement a solution for myself based heavily on metadata, then I'd me my own worst enemy if I didn't maintain metadata discipline. That said, I'm also human and make mistakes so I'm hoping a lot of the metadata population can be automated. e.g. from my CRM, flow variables etc. I'm OK with the documents being in one document library, so long as I can filter/search based on metadata. I'm haven't tried this, but I am also OK with Document Type being a specific Content Type (as opposed to just being a document property metadata). A specific view could then be to 'group by content type' showing 'Proposals', 'Invoices' etc. As Paul_HK_de_Jong says, the features are likely all there, just need to combine them into a solution that works for me. I guess ideally I was originally hoping for a 'Search Folder' feature similar to that in Outlook where opening the folder would result in a pre-defined metadata document query e.g. double-clicking 'Clients' would open a folder with either documents grouped by Client or preferably a set of 'virtual' folders where documents would be collated into Client folders. This doesn't appear to be a feature of SharePoint. Maybe something for User Voice, if that is still a thing.2.1KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Opening a File
If you (as far as the desktop app is concerned) created a new file, this excludes cache being the problem. Wrt to your question, I don't know, I just know desktop apps cache the file*. I assume you've checked the other things and found no issues. Maybe a track changes / show markup issue? Some display options only show changes from specific users. Maybe try sharing the file outside of that particular library e.g. OneDrive. Same issue? Desktop app version? Check for updates. Good luck. * this is where the 'recovered file options' come from if the app crashes with a file open i.e. a local cache.1.3KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Eat My Cake? SharePoint Search Folders
Right then ... best get crackin'!! 🙂 I too miss that document properties bar! I definitely do intent to use the bidirectional metadata features, I actually use metadata within the content of my documents e.g. "This contract is between <client> and ..." and also want to search/filter document libraries using that very same metadata i.e. up and down. I'm hoping to 'send across' data from my CRM when the Document Set, and its constituent documents, are created. I hope also to be using automatically incremented variables to represent document IDs e.g. Proposal ID: P102767, Contract ID C44678 etc., using Zapier/Flow. AUTOMATE EVERYTHING!! A mantra I hold dear! 🙂 Never heard of Syntex - gonna be looking that up. Compound documents ... so much to learn 🙂 Seriously, guys, thanks so much for all your input. Not been here long but mightily impressed so far 😎2.3KViews0likes1CommentRe: Eat My Cake? SharePoint Search Folders
IMHO, metadata is the future of remote/hybrid working document management and if Microsoft is not embracing this with SharePoint, then they are missing a trick. All other professional remote document management systems rely heavily on structured metadata e.g. automated case management for law firms. By way of related example, every single record on the Microsoft Dynamics platform has some form of record ID and associated metadata. Full Text Search is an amazing technology, no doubt, but it can be a very blunt instrument when it comes to managing potentially thousands or even millions of documents. If SharePoint doesn't support metadata well, big companies will always see it as a toy for personal and small business use, which it most definitely is not, imho, nor do I believe do Microsoft see it that way. When I search for emails in Outlook, I rarely, or at least only as a last result, use full text search. I always use metadata search first e.g. from:client.com attachment:yes date:>10/01/2021. The same, imho, should go for document management within SharePoint. But ultimately, you may well be right. If SharePoint doesn't meet my business requirements, then I too will have to abandon SharePoint and go elsewhere. For now, I am still optimistic ... and potentially naïve!2.4KViews0likes5CommentsRe: meeting: Hide my video from all participants except the teacher
I understand. It is clearly possible, if you have seen this in practice, but this is beyond my knowledge. I was not even aware that this (i.e. how you describe it) was possible. Others will like chime in. Good luck.2KViews0likes2Comments
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